Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday called for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to unify ahead of two crucial elections this summer, saying the scandal-weary party can regain public trust by ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released Saturday after spending 52 days in detention over his brief imposition of ...

Japanese startup Dymon Co. said Saturday its ultra-compact, lightweight rover, which reached the Moon aboard a U.S. lander, will not proceed with its planned lunar exploration, bringing its mission to ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

Japan ranked the third worst place among developed nations for working women for the second year in a row, according to the 2024 index compiled by British magazine The Economist released to mark ...

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui broke away around the 36-kilometer mark and cruised to the win at the Nagoya Women's Marathon on Sunday.

Students interviewing for graduate jobs in Japan continue to be sexually harassed by recruiters, highlighting a failure of attempts to eradicate the problem and the power imbalance that endures ...

A Kurdish amateur football club in Japan has apologized to J-League first division team Urawa Reds for raising their team ...

U.S. President Donald Trump complains that his country's decades-old security treaty with Japan is nonreciprocal, as he steps ...

Some parts of Tokyo and its surrounding areas are expected to be hit by heavy snowfall at the weekend, the Japanese weather ...

A bullet train makes an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled, leading to a 3-hour suspension of ...